COSCO Shipping takes delivery of methanol dual-fuel vessel

Chinese container shipping firm COSCO Shipping has recently taken delivery of a container ship that can run on methanol as well as conventional marine fuels.

IMAGE: COSCO's methanol dual-fuel vessel. COSCO Shipping

The 16,000 TEU COSCO Shipping Yangpu is the first in a new series of methanol-capable container ships, built by compatriot shipyard COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Yangzhou. 

The vessel is equipped with an 11,000 cbm methanol storage tank and is capable of completing a one-way voyage from the Far East and the US East Coast on methanol without refueling, COSCO Shipping said.

It features the “first homegrown methanol dual-fuel engine" and a methanol dual-fuel marine boiler, the company said. All the equipment were provided by China State Shipbuilding Corporation.

By Aparupa Mazumder

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